THE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1891.
ABILITY AND GENIUS.
Am If pem! on I.nbor the Other on the
. 1'ositerlng or Unique l'owern.
Tlie prc-itest difference, between the
lducls o ability and capacity which are
now more common than ever and the
higher forms of genius Is, the London
Spectator thinks, this that the. former
depend upon the- due division of labor,
tho careful study of appropriate means
ond methods of Intellectual discipline,
in sv word, on tho accumulation of suit
able lhtelldctual experience! whllo the
latter depend upon tho careful fostering
of uniijuo and only half understood In
stincts and powers, such ui Induced the
prophets of the Jewish peoplo to retiro
Into the wilderness, or in our own con
tury sent up Words worth to his retreat
amonif tho Cumberland hills, Thomas
Carlyie Into his Dumfriesshire fast
nesses, Alfred Tennyson to his seashore
ruminations and John Henry Xuwmaa
to his lonely Oxford rides and walks
Bud his still more solitary Sicilian wan
derings. Now, what wo can clearly see is, that
bo far as the special influence of the
nineteenth century is concerned, it acts
distractinffly rather than favorably on
gifts of this unique order. We think
we can see in the case of Drowning, for
instance, how the genius of the man
was frittered away by the distractions
of society and the multiplied interests
which attracted his shrewd intelligence
What he wrote while ho was compar
atively unknown was occasionally
ihardly intelligible to the world (as in
;the case of "Sordello"), but for the
most part it was written under a pro
found senso of intellectual compulsion,
;or, as the old world said, inspiration.
: But with one great exception "Tho
jRing and the Dock" which was more or
less due to tho period of seclusion which
followed the death of his wifo and a
few smaller exceptions, espccally
.among the "Dramatic Idylls," his later
poems gave no impression of tho same
tkind of subduing intellectual necessity
and ardor. They are often gritty in
thought and jolting in expression, as
well as very obscure, and embody none
of the passion contained In such poems
as "I'ippa Passes," or "Two in the
Campagna," or "El Karshish, the Arab
ian 1'hysician," or "The Bishop Orders
His Tomb at St. Traxed's Church," or
"Bishop Blougram's Apology," or
"Christmas Eve aud Easter Day," or
.even "Tho Grammarian's FuneraL" or
twenty others.
The distractions of the world told
'upon him, and diverted him from that
concentrated devotion to tho themes
most suited to his own genius which
was essential to their perfect render
ing; so that when he came to write, he
only gave us a hasty and confused ver
sion of his own meditations. The d is-
tractions of a world of scientific re-
search and astounding discoveries, and
inventions so ingenious that the human
'mind itself seems almost dwarfed by its
own newest instruments, all militato
against that cherishing of the half un
, conscious instincts of truo genius essen
tial to the meditative maturing of great
gifts. The cares of this world and tho
i distractions of social amusements and
' art and science only too easily dissipate
that ardor of contemplation which the
highest literary achievements require.
' SWIFT TRAVELING.
Falling a Sills In Less Than Foor Min
utes. A stirring Incident took place not long
,ago in Courbcvoiu, when Paul Leprince,
itho aeronaut, and one of his friends,
;mado a balloon ascension. They had
reached an elevation of lifteen hundred
feet, when they bnan to hoar a pecul
iar whistling sound,. Ljpviueo climbed
upon tho ring, and discovered a tear, a
few inches long, made by tho branch
of a tree, against which they had swept
in their upward passage. What fol
lowed is related by Leprince in L'lllus
tration. At this moment, the sun dispelled the
clouds and shone with all its force upon
the balloon. This produced such an
.expansion of gas that the valvo was not
: sufficient to lessen the strain, and the
fabric tore apart, with a noise like tho
rustling of leaves. Through the opan
ing poured the gas in great volumes.
"Wo are lost'." cried my friend.
"The ballast!" shouted I. "The bal
last!" In an Instant two bags were thrown
out. I saw by tho barometer that wo
i were nearly five thousand feot obove
the ground, and then tho fall began.
We threw outcverything of any weight,
and prepared to cast off our clothing,
and resolved to cling, at tho moment of
striking, to the netting above.
Fortunately, there was a strong wind
blowing, which carried us along at the
rate of thirty-fivo or forty miles an
hour, and enabled us to fall at an angle,
thus softening the shock.
The balloon was violently shaken in
its flif ht, and kept swinging and sway
ing iu a horrible manner, but this mo
tion was, after all, what saved us.
During ouo of the most vigorous of
theso movements, tho lower part of tho
balloon was thrown to tho upper part
of tho netting, and rested there against
tho valve, In tho shape of a dorao, form
ing an immense parachute. At onco,
,tho fall was sensibly arrested, but we
were still one huudrod yards from tho
ground. The timo had come to throw
overboard our clothes, but there proved
to be no time.
Scarcely had we reached tho ropes at
tached to iho ring, when a terrible shook
was felt, and we, the basket and bal
loon were rolled over on the ground to
gether. We wero not injured, nor did
we even lose consciousness, and thus
was n fall ot nearly a mile accomplished
in less than four minutes.
India Rubber Planting.
A plantation of India rubber was
started by tho government of Assam in
1873 in a forest at tho foot of the Him
alayas. Seedlings were plantod in the
forks of trees, and by 1885 they had
reached the ground. The trees were
subsequently placed in beds 40 feet
wide, protected by the surrounding for
est. In 1890 tho plantation extended
over 1,100 acres, and contained 10,054
fcealthy plants, besides 84,000 seedlings.
Tho exirlmnnt will not begin to
he profitable until aftor several years
more.
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ATLANTIC COAST LIMB.
W. &W. R. R. BRANCHES.
Condeuied Schedule.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No 41,
dally
ex San
Dated June 7th, 1891.
Leave Welilon
Ar Rocky Mount.
, li-TirM I44SPM ISam
I no . I
I 7 4.
ArTarboru
'S17" I
I ::::::
. 7 58 "
S4
..S4 "
49
1 1 11 a
Leare Tarboro, 10 35am
Arrira Wilson. . I SIS r M I 700 .
Leay Wilsoa i 3t "
ArriYeSelma 8 30 " j
ArriTeFayettcTille, o 30 "
IayeGoldnboro I S 15 " I 7 40 "
Leare Warsaw 4 10 "
Leava Magnolia .... I 4 27 " S 40
Arrlre Wilmingtoa GO J SS
TRAINS (iOING NORTH
No 14,
dally.
No7S
dally
No 40
dally
Sunday
Leare Wilmlntm rjnsaii l.r am
Leare Maniiolia 29" 1657 "
Leare Warsaw 1111"
Arrlre Ooldsboro..,. Ijlj " 120ft"
Leare Fayetterill i !"
4 S " p m
1 10 "
SW
7SS
ArrlreSelma 11 18"
Arrlra Wilson 1 1110" I
Leare Wllnon S S3 " I llftSpii SIS
Arrlre Hocky Mount 1 80 " ISM
Arrlre Tarhoro i 17 "
LearuTarhoro I 10 SAaH
Arrlre Woldon & 05 ' t55pm
30
Daily except Bunnav.
Train on Scotland Neck Branch Road leares
We UI011 at 4 00 p. m. Halifax 4 22, arrire Scotland
Neck at 5 15 p, m.Orcenyllle 6f2p. m Kinstoa
8 00p.m. Returning leaves KiiiBton 7 00, a. m.
Greenville 8 10u ra. Arriving at Halifax 1100,
a.m.,Weldon 118."a.ia dailyeiceptSunday.
Local freight train learea Weldon at 7 00a. m.,
aniring at .Scotland Neck 10 Ol a. m , Greenville
8 00 p. m Kinston 5 10 p m. Rcturninjr, leaves
Kinston at 8 00, h. m. arriving at Greenville 10 50
to n, Bcotland Neck 1 40, p. in. Weldon 6 15 p.m,
Train leaves Tarboro N. C, via Albemarle ana
Raleigh R. R. Daily except Sunday 4 401 p, m.,
bundayUOOp. in., arrive WilliamRton N. C. 718
p. m., 4 JOd. m. Plymouth 8 30 p.m., 6 SO p. m.
Returning leaves Plymouth daily except Sunday
6 80 a. in. Sunday 9 SO a. m. Wllflamston, N. ft.
7 40 a. m. 958 a. m. arrive Tarboro 10 06 a.m.
1120a.m.
Train ou Midland N. C.Branch leaves Golds
boro N. 0., daily ecept Sunday 7 00 a. m ., arrive
Smlthlleld.N .ft, 8 80 a. m, Returning leares
Sinithfield, N. ft, 9 00 a. m., arrire Goldaboro, N
ft, 10 30 p.m.
Train on Nasbrille Branch leaves Rocky
Mount at 3 00 p. m., arrives at Nashville 8 40 p.
m., Spring Hope 4 15 p. in. Returning leaves
Spring Hope 10 00 a. m., Nashville 10 85 a. a.,
ar Rocky Mount 11 IS a, m. daily except Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw for
Clinton, daily except Sunday at 6 00 p. ra. and
11 15 a. m Returning leave Clinton at 8 80 a m
and 3 10 p. m., connecting at Warsaw with Nos.
40, 41,2S and 78.
Southbound train on Wilson and FayettevlUe
Branch ia No. 51. Northbound is 50. 'Dally ex
cept Sunday.
Train No. 27 South will only stop at Rocky
Mount, Wilson Goldsboroand Magnolia.
Train No. 78 makes close connection at Weldon
for all points North daily. All rail via Rlchmoid
and daily except Sunday via Bay Line, also at
Rocky Mount dally with Norfo k and Carolina
Railroad for Norfolk and all points North rl
Norfolk.
Trains makes close connection for all polite
North ria Richmond and Washington.
All trains run solid between Wilmington and
Washipeton aud bare Pullinan Palace Sleepers
attached.
J.R.KENLY, J. F. DIVINE,
Sup't Trans General Sup't.
T. M. EMERSON, Geu'l Passenger Agent.
TLANTIC COAST LINE.
PETERSBURG & WELDON R. R.
Condensed Schedule.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated May ISrd, 1891.
No. 23
Daily.
No. 27
Daily.
Leave IVteinluirj;,
Leare Stony Creek,
Leave Jarnttts,
Leare I'.elfieKI,
Arrive Weldon,
10.10 am
10.53 am
11.11 am
11.30 am
12.10 pm
3.45 p m
4.18 p sn
4.49 pm
5.23 p m
TKAINS GOING NORTH.
I No. S3, 1 No.r, I
fast mall
I Daily I Daily.
No. 14 No. 18
Duily. Daily.
LeTe Weldon, S.lOa.m. 3.15p.m.
LeBelfield, 5.45 a.m. 3.52 p.m.
LeJnrratts, . 6.00 a.m. 4.09 p.m.
Le Stony Creek, 0.19 a. rp. 4.33 p.m.
Arrive Percrsbnrg, 6.51a m. 5.12p.m.
All trains run solid Weldon to Washing
ton.
E. T. T). MYERS, T. M. EMERSON,
Gea'l Superintendent. G en. Passenger aft
TO THE PATRONS "
. OF TBI
ALBEMARLE STEAM
NAVIGATION CO
ft 1 1 1 0 U Tl M F Between NORFOLK tad
UIlIV I Ifflt EASTERN N. CAHOL1N
On and after Monday, December 17th,
and antil further notice, the Steamei
CHOWAN, Cnptmn withy, will
LEA VK FRANKLIN 011 Mondays, Wed
nesday and Fridays for EDENTON, PLY
MOUTH and Ail intermediate points o
arriral of mail train from Portsmouth, say
10.15 A. M.
RETURNING. iTie . "Chowan" will
reach Franklin on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays ttt915 A. M., in time f
connect with Fast Mail train from Raleiftli
to Portemoutn and with Express train for
the South. , ' .-. - .
. PaAsen.gars, hy this arrangement, taking
the Steamer, Chowan at. ly point on the
rlTW -trill '''' V' "
REACH KORFOLK by 11 oclock A. K.,! s
aud thus hare the entire day for the trans)
action of hniinr-s ia that city.: '' ....
OiVli THIS KOt'TE A TICIAL.
' ' Respectfully,'
; J.H.BOGWT,
Franklin. Va., Dec. 15, 1888. 8np